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Ryuhei Harada, Associate Professor
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The Harada Lab studies how biomolecules such as proteins function, using computational science including molecular dynamics. While many labs in the College of Biological Sciences deal with subjects ranging from cells to ecosystems, this lab targets smaller molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids. Unusually for the college, the lab does not conduct experiments and carries out its research using supercomputers. Students with no prior knowledge of computers or molecular simulation are supported so that they can learn from the basics.
Yoshihide Tokuno, Assistant Professor
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The Energy Microbiology Lab studies how microorganisms generate energy when they form multicellular assemblies. With "organisms" and "energy" as keywords, the lab extends its research into a wide range of fields, such as life sciences and biotechnology. Using confocal fluorescence microscopy, the lab observes biofilms, which are aggregates of microorganisms, in 3D and investigates how energy is produced inside them. The lab also works on increasing the output of microbial fuel cells and on developing wearable sensors that use membrane vesicles to measure sweat.
Hidekazu Kuwayama, Professor
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The lab studies how cells perceive space and move, mainly using cellular slime molds (Dictyostelium). Using molecular biology and genetic engineering, the lab creates and examines strains with disrupted genes and strains expressing genes fused to fluorescent proteins. It also conducts research related to pharmacology and medicine, such as cellular tolerance to caffeine and the function of genes involved in human Huntington's disease. As the core institution of the National BioResource Project for cellular slime molds, the lab also collects, preserves, and distributes cellular slime mold resources.
Kyoichi Sawamura, Associate Professor
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The Evolutionary Genetics Lab uses Drosophila (fruit flies) to study the genetic mechanisms of speciation, the process by which new species arise. Hybrids between different species are rarely seen in nature, and most of them are sterile and cannot leave offspring. The lab believes that species persist because reproductive isolation keeps them from mixing, and that new species arise when such isolation is acquired. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory (Kyoichi Sawamura Lab)."
Yuji Inagaki, Professor
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The Microbial Molecular Evolution Lab tackles a range of unsolved questions about the evolution of microbes, especially eukaryotic microbes. Its main method is molecular phylogenetic analysis, which analyzes nucleic acid and amino acid sequences. The lab investigates the phylogenetic relationships among the major groups of eukaryotes and the evolution of translation elongation factors. The lab's website is published as the personal homepage of Professor Yuji Inagaki.
Masanori Toyofuku, Associate Professor
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The Toyofuku Lab studies interactions between bacteria and membrane vesicles (MVs). Bacteria were long thought to simply divide independently of one another, but they are now known to interact in a surprising variety of ways. Using model bacteria ranging from pathogens to bacteria used in environmental remediation, the lab investigates bacterial communication and MVs. By exploring how the abilities of individual bacteria are coordinated across the whole population, the lab aims to understand bacterial societies.
Shunta Yorimoto, Assistant Professor
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The evolutionary biology lab studies the molecular mechanisms and evolution of interactions between organisms, such as symbiosis, parasitism, and sociality. Assistant Professor Shunta Yorimoto specializes in evolutionary biology, and is introduced as a faculty member in genome informatics in the College of Biological Sciences' faculty list.
Shuji Shigenobu, Professor
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The Shigenobu Lab (Genome Informatics) uses genome science to understand symbiosis between living organisms. The lab aims to clarify the molecular mechanisms that support symbiosis and the evolutionary paths behind it, and to understand both its diversity and its shared principles. Combining experiments and bioinformatics without separating the two, the lab mainly studies aphids, a group of insects, as a model for symbiosis research. The lab works at the National Institute for Basic Biology (Okazaki, Aichi) and the TARA Center at the University of Tsukuba, where it was launched in April 2024.
Shigekatsu Suzuki, Assistant Professor
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The Eukaryotic Microbial Genomics Lab studies the genomic diversity of eukaryotic microorganisms and the molecular mechanisms that give rise to interactions between individuals and between species. In the faculty list of the College of Biological Sciences, the lab is introduced as a faculty member in the field of genome informatics. Shigekatsu Suzuki is an Assistant Professor, and his field of expertise is listed as eukaryotic microbial genomics.
Michihiko Kobayashi, Professor
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The Microbial Breeding Engineering Lab explores new life phenomena and latent capabilities of microorganisms, and investigates the structure and function of the enzymes involved at the molecular level. Based on these findings, the lab breeds microorganisms with new functions and also works on applications in biotechnology and the production of useful substances. The lab has elucidated unique natural metabolic and catalytic mechanisms at the level of enzymes and genes, and has discovered and identified new enzymes. Students from the College of Biological Sciences and the College of Agro-Biological Resource Sciences can request to do their graduation research here, and the lab also accepts students advancing to graduate school.
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